Lynn Teeter Flower is the second album by Maria Taylor and was released on March 6, 2007. This is the 102nd release of Saddle Creek Records. The album features a guest appearance and co-write from Bright Eyes' Conor Oberst on the track "The Ballad of Sean Foley"[1] in addition to contributions from Jim Eno of Spoon, Andy LeMaster, and Doug Easley (Cat Power).[2] Rolling Stone said that album "offers thoughtful, pretty singer-songwriter fare with spare, delicate backup and dashes of Seventies navel-gazing."[3]

Lynn Teeter Flower
Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 6, 2007
GenreFolk rock
Length38:24
LabelSaddle Creek
Maria Taylor chronology
11:11
(2005)
Lynn Teeter Flower
(2007)
LadyLuck
(2009)
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The album's title came from a childhood song made up by Taylor. "My dad had a friend name Lynn and he had a flower shop called Lynn Teeter Flowers. That recording was just me when I was little — I’d always sing and make up words to songs. And the story behind how I chose it as the title is that I had finished the album but didn’t have a name for it. I was with friends and we were trying to figure out the title really late at night. Then my dad e-mailed me the song and said, “Look what I just found!” When I heard it, I thought, “There it is! There’s the title.” I just thought it sounded cool," Taylor said in a 2008 interview.[4]

Track listing edit

  1. "A Good Start" – 4:13
  2. "Clean Getaway" – 3:10
  3. "Smile and Wave" – 2:35
  4. "No Stars" – 4:45
  5. "Replay" – 5:09
  6. "Small Part of Me" – 4:18
  7. "Irish Goodbye" – 3:24
  8. "My Own Fault" – 2:53
  9. "The Ballad of Sean Foley" – 3:57
  10. "Lost Time" – 2:49
  11. "Lynn Teeter Flower" – 1:12

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References edit

  1. ^ "Maria Taylor: Lynn Teeter Flower". Pitchfork.
  2. ^ "Maria Taylor: Lynn Teeter Flower, PopMatters". 28 March 2007.
  3. ^ Rollingstone
  4. ^ "LAist Interview: Maria Taylor: LAist". Archived from the original on 2018-08-01. Retrieved 2018-08-29.